Improved washing-machine



waited ,States @me can.

o Leners Patent N0.1o2,385, .zaad April 26, 1870.

IMPRO'V'IElDr 'WASHING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making ,part ofthesame.

To all whom'it may concern Beit known that we, ELIAS Fiscus and SOLOMONARNEY, of Albion, in the county of Marshall and State of Iowa, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and we dohereby declare the following to be a clear and exact description of thenature thereof, sufficient to enable others Skilled Vin the art to whichour invention appertains` to fully understand and use thel same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section, ofthe device illustrating our invention.

Figure 2 is an end view thereof.

Figures 3 to 8 are detailed views.

Similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Our invention consists in the construction, coinbination, andarrangement of certain parts forming an improvement in washing-machines,as will he hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 represent an upright framing, onwhich is mounted a toothed wheel gearingwith a larger wheel, 9, which is-provided with a' suitable crank-handle, 10.

7 is a balance-wheel mounted on theshaft of wheel 8, and havinga.\vristpin, 26, to which is connected a pitman, 16.

12 represents the box, on the bottom of the inner side of which areplaced pieces 13 13, which support the curved rubbing-board 27.

Thev upper rubber isrepresented by 14, whose` sides are held together bythe transverse pieces 23, at or about the middle of the sides, and apiece, 22, at the top thereof.

The pitman 16 is connected to the upper end of a lever, 15, which ispassed freely through a rock-shaft, 20, whose journals are mounted onguides. 21, which rest on standards 24 rising from the tub 12.

l These guides 21 move in slots in said standards, and

allow the rising vand falling and' the removal of the rubber 14. l lhelower end of the lever 15 passes through 22 and 23, to the latter ofwhich it is securely united.

A suitable cover, 25, is applied to the box 12, provision being madeforthel lever and other projecting parts.

It will be seen that the box is removed from the framing which bears thegearing, but is connected to said framing by pieces 17 and 18, so thatthe two parts are firmly supported, the legs 19 being necessary only atone end of the box.

The operator is out of the way of splashing and of the steam that arisesfrom the tub or box, and is not compelled to bend or stoop to operatethe wheels. e

-' The parts'in the interior'of the box are easily re- 'v moved forcleansing purposes, and the sediment and dirty water may be removedtherefrom by a faucet or opening properly located.

There is ample room vfor the circulation of water below the rubber 24between the pieces 13, on which said rubber rests. -V l Thepieces 22limit the upward play of the rubber 14, and a pin may be attached tolever 15 just above the point occupied by the rook-shaft 20, in order tolimit the downward play. v

The upper rubber Vis lifted from the tub until it may be rested on theend of the box next to the framework cf the gearing, and in thisposition we are ready to begin the operation of washing.

The water is introduced into the box and the clothes, 8vo., well soaped.The rubber is now returned into the'box and the cover 25 inserted inplace. Power is applied to the crank 10, and communicated tothe gearingand to the upper rubber, which latter has a reciprocating movement,andthnswacts on the clothes.

The clothes are subjected to a thorough.rubbing,A

pressing, and washing operation, and may'have clean water appliedthereto as often as ,desired or found necessai-y.

The thickness of the clothes will not interfere with.r

the free motion of the rubber, since the latter will give, owing to itssliding connection with the rockshaft 20. y

We design to use wood or metal in the construction of the various parts,as .will be found most suitable for the purpose intemded.

Having fully described our invention,

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Let' ters Patent, is-

The framing .1 2 3 4 5, gearing 7 8 9, tub 12, rubbers 13 14 27, leverl5, pitinan 16,-rock-shaft 20, and guides 21, combined, arranged, andconstructed as herein represented Vand described.

IELIAS FISCUS.

SOLOMON ARNEY.

Witnesses Gannon WHEELER, ELIJAHA STANLY.

